Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL moved from $45,130 in May 2024 to $46,780 in May 2025 (+3.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL sits +0.6 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Carpenters shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
Carpenters publishes $49,210 here versus $60,580 nationally (-18.8%; 2,640metro-area jobs). Next is Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel at $57,620 locally versus $69,990 nationally (-17.7%).
- Carpenters$49,210 in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL sits 18.8% below the national Carpenters median of $60,580 (2,640 published local jobs).
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel$57,620 in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL sits 17.7% below the national Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $69,990 (3,170 published local jobs).
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$48,950 in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL sits 16.5% below the national Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers median of $58,640 (3,050 published local jobs).
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products$61,120 in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL sits 15.2% below the national Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products median of $72,080 (2,750 published local jobs).
Carpenters and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 15980 · Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #223/528
- RPP-MID 102.3
- OCC-MOST 431 occs
- TOP-LEAD Surgeons, All… · $426K
- EMP-MIX Lawyers
- TREND-INLINE +0.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Southwest Maine…
- BOOK-FULL 415 rows · May 2025
Read with Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area (+$5 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
Employment scale inside Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL's top-pay list
Lawyers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 1,090 jobs · $129,450
- 2. Financial Managers 990 jobs · $143,830
- 3. Pharmacists 750 jobs · $134,880
- 4. Physicians, All Other 690 jobs · $313,710
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 690 jobs · $129,670
- 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers 420 jobs · $159,820
- 7. Marketing Managers 400 jobs · $128,980
- 8. Physician Assistants 380 jobs · $131,700
- 9. Family Medicine Physicians 360 jobs · $243,940
- 10. Human Resources Managers 220 jobs · $131,570
- 11. Dentists, General 190 jobs · $178,970
- 12. Information Security Analysts 180 jobs · $131,500
- 13. Nurse Anesthetists 160 jobs · $205,330
- 14. Veterinarians 150 jobs · $128,940
- 15. Computer Network Architects 130 jobs · $130,150
- 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 90 jobs · $163,590
- 17. Optometrists 80 jobs · $161,540
- 18. Purchasing Managers 80 jobs · $127,460
Occupations Tracked
431
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,094
employment-weighted, 415 complete rows
Top Salary
$425,970
Surgeons, All Other
Cost of Living
102.3
2% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surgeons, All Other | $425,970 |
| 2 | Anesthesiologists | $383,630 |
| 3 | Psychiatrists | $315,960 |
| 4 | Physicians, All Other | $313,710 |
| 5 | Family Medicine Physicians | $243,940 |
| 6 | Nurse Anesthetists | $205,330 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $202,190 |
| 8 | Podiatrists | $194,670 |
| 9 | Dentists, General | $178,970 |
| 10 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $163,590 |
| 11 | Optometrists | $161,540 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $159,820 |
| 13 | Financial Managers | $143,830 |
| 14 | Environmental Engineers | $142,700 |
| 15 | Pharmacists | $134,880 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $131,700 |
| 17 | Human Resources Managers | $131,570 |
| 18 | Information Security Analysts | $131,500 |
| 19 | Computer Network Architects | $130,150 |
| 20 | Nurse Practitioners | $129,670 |
| 21 | Lawyers | $129,450 |
| 22 | Marketing Managers | $128,980 |
| 23 | Veterinarians | $128,940 |
| 24 | Purchasing Managers | $127,460 |
| 25 | Public Relations Managers | $127,060 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $27,040 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $27,920 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,770 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,930 |
| Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers | $29,280 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,360 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $29,700 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $29,760 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $29,940 |
| Cashiers | $30,530 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in FL
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside FL. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($59,094 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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